MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
blended learning are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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